troll

1(in Scandinavian stories) a creature that looks like an ugly person. Some trolls are very large and evil, others are small and friendly but like to trick people.

2(informal)a message to a discussion group on the Internet that somebody deliberately sends to make other people angry; a person who sends a message like thisSee related entries:Social networking,Using the Internet

Word Originnounsense 1from Old Norse and Swedishtroll, Danishtrold; adopted into English from Scandinavian in the mid 19th cent. nounsense 2late Middle English (in the sense